Dolphins receiver Mike Wallace used an obscenity to describe the quality of Miami’s offense in Sunday’s win over the Jaguars. Asked to elaborate this week, Wallace said he was just trying to give a frank assessment.
“Y’all asked me a question and I told y’all my honest answer. That’s just what it is,” Wallace told reporters. “I don’t look at stuff in the media or whatever to get me fired up. I get fired up just ’cause that’s what we do. We love to play this game and you just want to go out and be the best player you can be. You should be fired up anyway — not because of nothing I say or my teammates or coaches say.”
The Dolphins’ offense was not particularly good on Sunday, but they won 27-13 thanks to two interception returns for touchdowns by the Dolphins’ defense. Wallace did catch a 50-yard pass, which was nice, but other than that big play he had just one catch for nine yards. There’s been talk in Miami that Wallace isn’t happy with the inability of the offense to make use of his big-play talents, and talk that the Dolphins aren’t happy with Wallace’s level of production. But Wallace says there are no issues.
“There was no disconnect between me and the coaches,” Wallace said. “We’re all on the same page. We all want what’s best for the team. We all want to win, we all want to get our offense where we want to go and that’s the top. If we’re not No. 1, we’re behind.”
The Dolphins’ passing game has a long way to go before it’s No. 1. Making those 50-yard catches a common occurrence would be a good step toward getting to No. 1.
